PDF Period #5 Notes: Making Steel and Its Chemical Composition
A twostaged process is typically used to make steel from ironore. First pigiron is created from iron ore, and then steel is made from further refinement of pigiron. a. Making PigIron: The common industrial method to smelt (refine) iron ore is using a blast furnace. A blast furnace is charged with iron ore, charcoal or coke (coke is ...